Quentin McDermott

Quentin McDermott is a reporter for the ABC's Four Corners program.Quentin came to the ABC in 1999 as Lateline's Supervising Producer, with a background of 25 years spent working for magazines, local and national newspapers, and television in the United Kingdom.Quentin came to Four Corners in 2000 and during his time as a reporter and producer, he has been a finalist in the Walkley Awards four times. He has also been nominated in the Logies, the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission’s Television Award, and the United Nations Association of Australia’s Media Peace Awards.

A company’s failure to manufacture a medical implant to the correct specifications may have caused the implant to shed harmful metal debris, injuring thousands of patients around the world, many of whom have had to undergo further painful surgery to remove the device.

The Attorney-General and the Minister for the Arts, George Brandis, has strongly criticised the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) for its decision in 2008 to buy a $5 million Indian artefact, the Shiva Nataraja, from disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor.